Thousands of EXE's and Shortcuts

mimrah · 27 Jul 2010

I inserted my External HDD to a computer away from home and now its fille with thousands of EXE's and Shortcuts

i have successfully deleted the 4065 exe files by doind a search for exe files and then sorting them to file size, the exe's had the same folder icon so i had deleted them

my problem now is there are twice the amount of shortcuts in the hard drive and i can never delete them as they each have a unique name of the folder they belong to

please help! is there a free shortcut remover that can help me?

ryo · 27 Jul 2010

welcome,.,

that's notice a virus..try CCleaner..

Tews · 27 Jul 2010

First and foremost, run a full scan with your antivirus to eliminate the possibility of an infection, then let us know the outcome...

ryo · 27 Jul 2010

How to remove the virus that creates .exe files automatically in your secondary storage devices and corrupts your device drivers ? - Technade
hope can help you.

mimrah · 27 Jul 2010

thanks for the look at this thread :)

i searched for all files made on a specific date and found all the shortcuts! i deleted them! YAY! oh, and i already did the virus check, they were just empty shortcuts

ryo · 27 Jul 2010

notice to you..always scan before you plug in a device.
and do a backup if you think that's the file is important.

Tews · 27 Jul 2010

Glad you were able to sort it out!

mimrah · 27 Jul 2010

ryo said:

notice to you..always scan before you plug in a device.
and do a backup if you think that's the file is important.

i actually plugged in the HDD to install an antivirus

ryo · 27 Jul 2010

it's mean the hdd external, it's save a software and also your file?

just be carefull on it.
i think if you have a important files..you should to do a backup. we do know when the hdd can be crash or something.